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Skim-milk Porridge

A thin gruel of boiled groats, strained and mixed with water and milk, sweetened and flavored to taste.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Skim-milk Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gruel

  1. Make a thin gruel by boiling the groats in water.

  2. Strain the gruel to remove solids.

Finish the porridge

  1. Add equal parts of water and milk to the strained gruel.

  2. Sweeten and flavor to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Groats
Starch from the grains thickens the cooking liquid into a porridge.
Milk
Adds creaminess and body, plus mild sweetness from its natural lactose.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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